http://insearchofoneriver.com A documentary about the people, culture and plants of the Amazon and the work of Richard Evans Schultes and Wade Davis Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:29:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.elespectador.com/impreso/articuloimpreso136611-manana-llega-el-gringo?page=0,1 Investigación| 18 Abr 2009 La Amazonia, paraíso verde de Schultes ¡Mañana llega el gringo! Por: Belisario Betancur Cuartas / Especial para El Espectador (Dedicado con afecto a Wade Davis) A propósito de la conferencia que dictó en Bogotá esta semana el etnobotánico Wade Davis —invitado por El Espectador y el Banco de la República—, ... http://insearchofoneriver.com/?p=136 Nacional |18 Abr 2008 http://www.elespectador.com/entretenimiento/agenda/cultura/articulo-amazonas-perdida La Amazonas Perdida Por: Agencia EFE El museo estadounidense Smithsonian presenta la selva colombiana con fotos de los años 40 tomadas por el botánico Richard Evans Schultes. La Amazonas Perdida, exposición Foto: Agencia EFE El botánico Richard Evans en canoa por el río Guainía en 1948. El Museo Smithsonian presenta las fotos del ... http://insearchofoneriver.com/?p=132 http://insearchofoneriver.com/?p=127 By FERNANDO HENRIQUE CARDOSO, CéSAR GAVIRIA and ERNESTO ZEDILLO The war on drugs has failed. And it's high time to replace an ineffective strategy with more humane and efficient drug policies. This is the central message of the report by the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy we presented to ... http://insearchofoneriver.com/?p=106 From the website of the National Museum of Modern History in the U.S.: The Lost Amazon The Photographic Journey of Legendary Botanist Richard Evans Schultes April 17, 2008 through November 2, 2008 Based on Wade Davis’ and Chris Murray’s The Lost Amazon, this exhibit presents thirty-eight of Schultes' photographs accompanied by evocative quotations ... http://insearchofoneriver.com/?p=85 TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is an annual conference in Long Beach, California in which "the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers" (according to the TED website) are asked to give the "talk of their lives." TED speakers have included Jane Goodall, Al Gore, Bono, Bill Clinton, Richard Dawkins, Peter Gabriel, Stephen ... http://insearchofoneriver.com/?p=84 My name is Jennifer Saylor and I'm guestblogging here on In Search of One River from the East Coast of the U.S., where I work as a freelance writer among the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. I'm honored to write a series of entries this month about subjects ... http://insearchofoneriver.com/?p=83 This week high-profile FARC-kidnapped hostages, including Ingrid Betancourt and three American contractors, were rescued along the Apaporis River. Time magazine's Tim Padgett's article: No battle victory — no commando missile attack on a FARC camp, like the one that killed the FARC's No. 2 leader, Raul Reyes, last March — could ... http://insearchofoneriver.com/?p=81 We visited places which do not appear on maps. Places like Buenos Aires, a settlement located on the banks of the Canarari river and populated by Cubeos, Baras, Barasanos and Taivanos. On the river banks of the Apaporis, we visited the Indian village of Gustavo Pachacuari, captain of the ... http://insearchofoneriver.com/?p=61 Richard Evans Schultes, jungle botanist, died on April 10th, aged 86 In an account by Richard Schultes of his experiences among the Indians of southern Mexico he described a mushroom, previously unknown outside the region, used to create hallucinations. The account was mainly academic in style; nevertheless it excited a writer ... http://insearchofoneriver.com/?p=56